Category: Research
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CBC News: Mental health disorders spike in post-high school transitions
From CBC News, a recent story on the increased prevalence of mood disorders, including depression, bipolar disorder, and mania, in young people 12 to 19 years of age. Included in the story are recommendations for those students with a mood disorder that are entering post-secondary. For students at the University of Calgary, the Students’ Union…
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DSM-V and Autism: what do the changes mean?
The fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders was recently released. Among the changes in the new edition is that the separate diagnostic labels of Autistic Disorder, Asperger’s Disorder, and Pervasive Development Disorder Not Otherwise Specified have been replace by one umbrella term – Autism Spectrum Disorder. At…
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: DREAMzine
The Second Issue of DREAMzine will go online in late November of 2013, and is now looking for submissions! DREAMzine is the online magazine published two times per year by DREAM (Disability Rights, Education, Activism, and Mentoring), sponsored by the Taishoff Centre for Inclusive Education at Syracuse University. The theme of the next issue is…
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Unreadable, by Daniel J. Heffner
In the June, 2012 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, former University of Calgary science student and current University of British Columbia medical student Daniel J. Heffner eloquently writes about his experience as a student with a severe reading disability, and the incredible realizations that came out of his diagnosis. Daniel’s piece is called…
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Khan, Drang, and open education
In April, we featured Khan Academy, the not-for-profit organization with the ambitious goal of providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. While Khan Academy is a great resource – providing a wealth of lessons, each broken down into accessible, easy-to-digest parts – recent discussion suggests that it should be approached with a degree of…